European Patent Office

T 0202/08 (Arrangement/DELAVAL) of 18.11.2010

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T020208.20101118
Date of decision
18 November 2010
Case number
T 0202/08
Online on
28 March 2011
Petition for review of
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Application number
99930093.2
IPC class
A01K 1/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Arrangement and method for housing lactating animals
Applicant name
DeLaval Holding AB
Opponent name
Octrooibureau Van der Lely N.V.
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request: novelty (no)
First and second auxiliary requests: added subject-matter
Third auxiliary: inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:

- Description: Columns 1, 2, 5 and 6 of the patent specification,

Columns 3 and 4 filed during oral proceedings before the opposition division on 16 November 2007;

- Claims: 1 filed during the oral proceedings before the board,

2 to 29 of the patent specification;

- Drawings: Figures 1 to 3 of the patent specification.